01/09/2009
Diabetic finally gets tax relief from Wal-Mart (The Post and Courier)
Henry Hutchmacher Jr.'s 11-year-old daughter has diabetes. Every day, she goes through a handful of alcohol swabs, lancets and glucose strips. Those diabetic supplies are exempt from sales tax, according to state law, yet Hutch- macher said he had a hard time convincing the Wal-Mart in Goose Creek to give the break to his daughter, Ashley.
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01/07/2009
Diabetic death results in foundation (WPTV West Palm Beach)
A Jupiter woman blames her son's diabetic pump for his death.
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01/08/2009
Magnet school can use dog insulin (Miami Herald)
Q. I recently had to put my wonderful dog, Yogie, to sleep. He was diabetic the last three of his 15 years of life. I have three unopened bottles of dog insulin, ''Vetsulin,'' left over, worth about $100.
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01/06/2009
Inflammatory Factors And Diabetic Macular Edema Highlighted In Ophthalmology Jan. 2009 (Medical News Today)
With a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicting that diabetic retinopathy will triple from 5.5 million in 2005 to 16 million in 2050, improved treatments are urgently needed for this leading cause of blindness in working-age people. The CDC study is the latest indicator of a world-wide diabetes epidemic that is motivating ophthalmic research around the globe.
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01/08/2009
Diabetic Amputations (WKRG News 5 Mobile)
Every 30 seconds someone loses a limb because of diabetes. It's a startling statistic that doctors at the University of Arizona are hoping to improve. More
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01/06/2009
Diabetic emergency leads to accident (The Topeka Capital-Journal)
Shawnee County sheriff's officials said a diabetic emergency led to a one-car crash about 5:30 p.m. Monday on S.E. US-40 highway just west of S.E. Shawnee Heights Road.
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01/06/2009
Call to improve diabetic service (Reading Evening Post)
Diabetic patients are being invited to give their views on the services provided in Reading by the NHS in a workshop next month.
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01/06/2009
Diabetic emergency leads to crash (The Topeka Capital-Journal)
Shawnee County sheriff's officials said a diabetic emergency led to a one-car crash shortly before 5:30 p.m. today on S.E. US-40 highway just west of S.E. Shawnee Heights Road.
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01/08/2009
Local group strives to help patients live with disease; Young adults: Coping with diabetes (The Bulletin)
Brian Baker, a Mountain View High School graduate and Type 1 diabetic, took his own life at age 23 in May 2007.His family and friends believe he was depressed. They say it went hand-in-hand with his disease and inability to cope with it. Now, they’ve started a unique organization in Bend to try to help other young adults with Type 1 diabetes and offer them resources to avoid Brian’s fate.
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01/07/2009
Knox CEO pleads guilty to fraud, illegally selling diabetic testing strips (WNDU 16 South Bend)
57-year-old William Kroa and his company, Nor Am Plastics Recycling Incorporated, pleaded guilty to two counts of intent to defraud and mislead. Nor Am Plastics Recycling is based in Knox, IN.
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